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Crown heights after being OTD

I got guilted into going to siimchas beis this year, and regret it because i find everything triggering. And now that i'm fully clear eyed and clear headed, I see crown heights for what it is. Just another regular neighborhood in a regular city, dirty, just a dump really, and ain't nothing holy about it at all. Rebbe decided to move there out of convenience and nothing more. It isn't any more special than a random town in Nebraska or Texas, and his followers followed and mushroomed. But it's honestly insane that it's like a mecca pilgrimage site or that lubavs and lubav wanna-bes flock there just because of him. Of course I was one of them once. But like, once your out -- it's just a city like any other, and not even a nice one, and definitely not holy.

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u/Crafty-Summer2893 — 10 days ago

17-Year-Old Bochur Critically Injured in Crown Heights

I'm so angry with this. Why are little kids being encouraged to travel away from home in the name of Chasidishkeit. This is what happens when you have a lack of supervision. The amount of Israeli and European kids who hang around Crown Heights for Tishrei. They stay and eat at strangers. Drink without supervision. This whole culture is so unsafe.

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u/First-Bed-5918 — 10 days ago